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It was a thing of beauty on MSNBC last night.
BUCHANAN: They (ph) justified. I listen in all of his speeches, but the real reason for the war was WMD and the imminent threat of Saddam Hussein. Now, the question: Is Scott McClellan saying that Bush did not believe he had WMD or it was just a cover story? Or did he just use his stronger argument to take down Saddam Hussein?
But I do think this is a case of someone, and you know, I just find it mildly reprehensible that somebody would turn on the president of the United States not having expressed disagreements in there, why didn‘t he resign if he believed this is an unjust, unnecessary, unwise war and he sat there selling it?
ABRAMS: Because - Lawrence, I mean, first of all, he wasn‘t the one there during the lead up to the war but second of all, because life isn‘t perfect. I mean, you look at the debacle, if for example, the Jeffrey Wigand, did he go immediately and say, I want out, whistle blowers often don‘t go or if they do, they know that they‘re not going to be heard? I mean, this is the way the world works.
LAWRENCE O‘DONNELL, POLITICAL ANALYST: It‘s great to hear Pat Buchanan complaining about the lack of courage in a White House, where White House staff did not come out and try to expose that White House. Pat was part of the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States, the Nixon administration, luckily, Pat wasn‘t one who went to jail.
But to this day, you can‘t get Pat Buchanan to say one negative word about the criminal operation called the Nixon administration that he worked inside of. That‘s what I call loyalty.
BUCHANAN: Let me just say, the break-in was a mistake, I agree with you. Go ahead.
(LAUGHTER)
O‘DONNELL: Finally, 2008, Pat Buchanan says the break-in was a mistake.
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SLATER: But when he made these comments about Bush, which I thought was a gratuitous reference in the book, it really surprised me and undercut at least that piece is, that part of Scott was attempting to tell the truth. That looks like a section designed to damage the president.
BUCHANAN: And to make money. I mean, that‘s appalling.
ABRAMS: Pat, why are you writing - I mean, we all—people write books in part to make money and in part to tell a story, right?
BUCHANAN: But let me, wait a minute now. I mean, this may be is an
old town tradition but the president of United States has honored this man with the tremendous post, he‘s made him famous -
ABRAMS: And they lied to him.
BUCHANAN: And he turns around and starts talking about what Bush remembers about cocaine use 20 years ago. That is ratting out your boss. That is a rotten thing to do.
ABRAMS: Can you distinguish that from these comments about the war?
BUCHANAN: Yes, I certainly do in terms of the nature of them. I certainly do. That‘s the personal thing you don‘t say.
O‘DONNELL: Pat Buchanan will always rise in opposition to the revelation of truth about president. That‘s what the Nixon administration was about - suppress the truth, hide the truth, cover up. Look, this stuff if true is a valuable historical contribution. And by the way, this guy, the president we know and president acknowledged he had a big drinking problem through a lot of his life. That‘s one way you don‘t remember whether you did cocaine.
BUCHANAN: Right.
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